The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1887-01-25
Colleno Lilo for Girls.

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College Lilo for Girls.
When a girl enters a college she finds
herself in n small world, full of people
with all shades of character and dispo-
sition. No ties of blood bind her to
them, she knows nothing of their vari-
Gus tastes, nor they of hers. Living
closely together for several weeks, she
has daily opportunities of seeing this
question rise before her fellows and be-
fore herself, and she sees how it is, and
svcr must be, answered, if the world is
20 jog on ut all peaccably.
She sees how perfectly dependent hu-
nan creatures are on one another, how
ever much they may protest to the con-
;rary; how each one must Dear their
~acighbor's burden, if there is to be COM
tort; and, lastly, how the world is really
Kept together by the greatest of all vir-
:~ues-charity. Thus she learns self
mcrifcc.
There is little moro to say. No one
IAN deny, if they know anything at all
about it, that the social training Of col
ego lite is very great indeed. The mix
ing together of students of different ages
las a wonderfully good effect; the
younger gaining by the experience of the
elder, and the latter by the energy and
ardor of the former. The joining of the
'ocial amusements of a college takes a
girl out of herself, and gives her a conf
lencc and ease most valuable when she
caves college to enter into society.
In conclusion, let me say that in thus
lrging university training for girls in
suitable cases, I would, of course, except
it for those who have any pressing home
claims. For them college life is out of
The question, and should be rcsolutcly
aid aside. Duty--''stcrn daughter of
The voice of God" forbids them to take
tup.- Casselrs Family Magazine.
Norwegian II eds.
The bedrooms IN all the Norwegian
INNS are the same small boxes, not large
enough to swing Il cherry in. Through
out Norway the beds arc the same little
narrow ~cotiirs, no wider than q steamer
oerth, with the same high sides, pre-
'umably to keep one from falling out,
# he should incautiously move or turn
during the night. To add to the tor
ment of these bcrths, the pillow is Il fiat
leather thing that you could put in your
pocket, and beneath it turks n broad
wedge-shapcd bolster arrangement that
Keeps one sliding down to the f%ootboard,
Unless he can retain his place by bracing
It full length at an angle md attitude
that the human form only assumes on an
andertakcr's or dissecting table. In one
Norwegian inn where the busting maid
wanted to do her kindcst she put a
wedge at head AMI foot of my berth, and
l dreamed that lay in a hammock that
touched the ground. The white spread
hat covers the bed in the daytime like
l pail, or a sheet on sweeping day, is
carefully pnt away at night and one
struggles with quilts or blankets that arc
Always wv oiolt iuu LOO WluC lOr the
narrow bunk, and can never be made
fast at the footboard. These are minor
things, however, that one contends with
everywhere in the towns, villages and on
Ircqucnted roads, and he must go off the
beaten track to find the true Norwegian
oed that is only four feet long, very mar
row and built into the side Of the room.
where it can be shut up like a cupboard
all day long. At Nystuen there was an
exacting Englishman six feet in stature,
IN insisted on seeing the beds before
ne would take his traps off his carriolc.
Hc found them many inches too short for
his gaunt frame, and drove on to the
next place for the night. -Noruay let.
ter.
I'm q Sleeping Coach.
The happy family of six in one section
IS astir early. The baby would not be a
baby if it did not cry for its breakfast,
and the other children would disgrace
their years did they not crafty a praise
worthy desire for information by pecrinc
through the nervous woman's curtains.
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